Intensive Care: Medical Ethics and the Medical Profession
Robert Zussman

How are medical and ethical decisions made in the real world? In riveting case studies, Dr. Zussman describes how medical decisions in ICUs are considered and reconsidered, negotiated and renegotiated. He concentrates on the practice of medical ethics, on the ways in which right and wrong are interpreted by physicians, nurses, patients, and families. This is a strong, often moving portrait of the way careful planning is undermined by the unpredictability of illness, the persistence of self-interest, high principles and curious compromises. A fascinating resource for anyone who works in an ICU or who has an interest in medical ethics.

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Softcover, 252 pp.
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